Races of the New England Trotting Association Readville Meet
The New England Trotting Horse Breeders Association held its annual meeting at Readville with strong attendance. Stallion showings featured Constantine, Governor Benton, May King, and others as drivers competed in 2:30 to 2:15 pace and trotting stakes. Page, the sensational performer, won a 2:40 trot in a walkover, as the card listed stakes for yearlings, 2-year-olds, and 2:15, 2:25 trots with races set for 10:30 a.m.
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Readville
New England
Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association
Constantine
Governor Benton
Benton M
May King
Bingen
Barron Wilkes
John E. Thayer
Campbell
Wiseburn
Nelson
Sir Walter, Jr
Frank Walker
Milliner
Money Maker
John R. Thayer
Bellisant
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Bard Palmer
Ralph Wilkes
Alcidalia
van Zandt
Mascot, Jr
Sphinxetta
Quartermarch
Shock
Quartermatch
Roan Wilkes
Page
Br. F
Dusty Miller
Triceps
Trout
Alavolo
Br. C
Desand
Peumioey
Ecco Creche
Ralph Wilkes Cluoue
B. G. Oae
Aay
Alcidatta
Comee
Daniel Lam- Dope
B. G
Coronet
Adams
Payne
Les
Hanson
Jack Fullerton
Bae
Dumond
Br. G
Kenilworth
Richman Quartermarch
King Albert
B. H
Tyson
Aenue Mi. G
Babe
Estiseec
B. m
Bamonare Eiaine Genetis Germaine
Carmicha
R. B
Tennessee Wilkes
G. Einen
George St
Gilair
H. ND
Berkshire Courier
Miller
Bouinxetta
Ce B
Spen Sicla Aoieiy Verteeee
BSS Nxetta
Spear
Serene
A du Bos Bvoc
Cose Cavasessesve Saens
Titter
Peter
McCarty
SeGasetisnes
Readville Card Features 2:06 Trial Mile Hopefuls
Roan Wilkes posted a 2:06 mile in preparation for Readville and Fantasy equal to 2:06 starts, aiming at the 2:03 3 4 trotting record. Breeders’ meeting at Breeders’ includes Star Pointer Frank Ryan Joe Patchen in the free for all. Transylvania stakes list entries Cut Glass Newcastle Quality Celaya Valence Gazelle Bann Page Ernsie Benton M.
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Readville
Roan Wilkes
Fantasy
Alix
Robert J
Star Pointer
Frank Ryan
Joe Patchen
Gentry
Hobart
Ferrier
San Mateo
Cupon
California
Transylvania
Cut Glass
Newcastle
Quality
Celaya
Valence
Gazelle
Bann
Page, Ernsie and
Benton M
Daly Aims to Stage New Billiard Handicap Contest
Maurice Daly in New York on September 28 proposed arranging a handicap billiard tournament featuring Ives Schaefer Slosson Spinks Gallagher Cattan Maggoll Sutton Hatley McLaughlin Capron Eames and others. He also floated a scratch cushion carroms match with Ives Schaefer Slosson and himself and offered to promote both events while downplaying table and cue costs.
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New York
Maurice Daly
Ives
Schaefer
Slosson
Spinks
Gallagher
Catton
Maggtoll
Sutton
Hatley
McLaughlin
Capron
Eames
Boston Defeats Hartford in Lopsided Baseball Game
Boston easily defeated Hartford as the home team played poorly. Lewis threw to record poor innings, and Vickery replaced Bowen in the fifth to steady the pitching. The score was not specified in the readable text.
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Hartford
Conn
Boston
Lewis
Vickery
Bowen
Bostons Prep for Providence as Carroll Leads Flurry of notes
Burkett of Cleveland tops the league with the bat while Billy Hamilton surpasses 100 bases on balls for the year. Hugh Duffy likely to captain Boston next season as Cambridge may field a New England team. Crishen resting in Amesbury after a strong Newport year, and Jimmy Casey returns to Lawrence after a successful season with Toronto.
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Jimmy Casey
Toronto
Lawrence
Yachts Ordered From City Point Strandway Area
Harbour police acting for Contractors Jones and Meehan order removal of all yachts moored within 13800 feet of low water mark off Strandway. Yachtsmen work to move boats in forty three hours as dredgers prepare to begin on the flats within the limit.
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City Point
Jones & Meehan
B A A Schedule From Manager Graham For 1900 Football
The B A A football schedule arranged by Manager Graham lists games at South End Grounds and various locations. Opponents include Newton A A Fitchburg A A Bowdoin Worcester A C M I T Williams Yale Harvard Fitchburg A A and Chicago A A with several open dates and a Thanksgiving matchup.
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Graham
Newton A. A
Newton Centre
Fitchburg A. A
South End
Bowdoin
Worcester A. C
Williams
Williamstown
Yale
New Haven
Harvard
Fitchburg
A. A
Chicago
Don’t Snare Partridges Enforcement Sparks Warning
Clarence Hattenburg of Easton was fined $20 by Judge Fox in Taunton for snaring partridges near his home. This first case of the season prompts a warning from local wardens that such snaring will not be allowed without consequence, though Hattenburg appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hattenburg
Easton
Fox
Taunton
Hattenburg
Crescent A. C. lacrosse team plans English tour
Brooklyn Sept. 28 The Crescent A. C. lacrosse team arranged a six weeks English tour for next April. Players named include Curry Moses McLean Miller Post and Garvin with Garvin acting as manager and Post serving as captain.
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Brooklyn
Crescent A. C
Curry
Moses
McLean
Miller
Post
Garvin
Bo-Peep Wins Dorchester Bay Knockabout Race
Bo-Peep defeated Tautog by a clear margin in a two-boat race closing the Massachusetts Y C season in Dorchester Bay.
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Massachusetts Y. C
Dorchester Bay
Bo-Peep
Tautog
Harvard Football Prospects Brighten After Spring Practice
Harvard marks a productive Soldiers Field session as six new players join the squad including Doucette Sargent and Irwin Martin. Scrimmage matches and tackling practice showcased evolving lines with Woodward and Sargent expected to shore up guard positions and a potential fullback or end role for Irwin Martin.
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Harvard
Soldiers Field
Doucette
L. S
Sargent
Irwin-Martin
Irwin Martin
Berkeley School
New York
Gonterman
Bancroft
A. Davis
Schwartzenberg
L. Warren
Montana
Swain
Haughton
Arthur Brewer
Moulton
Richardson
Waters
Newell
Moulton Woodward
R. T
Lee Doucette
Rae Ieee
Shaw Taowg
Asia c
Hoague Burden
L. G
Hennen Donald
Marion
Beisievnaes
L. E
E. Davis
Wis Iess
Q. B
Beale Wadsworth
Siseeb
Elle Wan
Elontne Sullivan
H. B
Eeoesl
Bh. B
Warren
Wrightington
College grid gossip hints at new coaching ties
Scannell Exeter's captain last year enters Colby. Williams uncertain line. Colby targets Maine supremacy. Frank Hinkey Yale coaches Tonawanda eleven. Amherst taps George Gray Harvard to coach. Dick Fay BAA end moves to South Africa. Dodge Dartmouth to coach Roxbury Latin. BAA holds lively practice at Irvington Oval. SCAA Lowell plans two teams this season. South Framings have open dates next month. Holy Cross Midgets name J H Starnes manager and M Regan captain.
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Irvington Oval
Lowell
South Framinghams
C. F. Garfield
Holy Cross
J. H. Starnes
M. Regan
Boxing Gossip and Fading Purses in New York Boxing
Frank Slavin rues shrinking purses in the East saying money for fighters has dried up since eight years ago. Tommy Kelly and Danny Baugh drew in a Harlem Rowing Club bout. Joseph Fairburn may replace Elwood McCloskey to face Spike Sullivan in Philadelphia. Lawlor versus Belliveau sparks unsettled bets after Belliveau’s three round KO in Rhode Island.
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Frank Slavin
Grand Hotel
New York
Madison Square Garden
America
Charley Mitchell
Jake Kilrain
Peter Maher
Joe Butler
Steve O’donnell
Slavin
England
Tommy Kelly
Harlem
Spider
Danny Baugh
Metropolitan Rowing Club
Joseph Fairburn
Elwood McCloskey
Spike
Sullivan
Philadelphia
McCloskey
Jake Lawlor
al Belliveau
Rhode Island
Bell
Remington Skirts Commitment on McLaughlin Race
Fitchburg September 28 A L Remington New England champion mile and half mile runner dodged commitment when asked if he would race McLaughlin again this year He hinted a possible showdown but declined to decide emphasizing no definite plan yet
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Fitchburg
A. L. Remington
New England
McLaughlin
Worcester
Burke Grievance Over Training Table Privileges
Tom Burke challenges the B. A. A. policy of granting special club and training table privileges to nonmembers vying for football positions. He may not attend if nonmembers play, threatening color-bearing support at Newton games. The outcome hinges on the club's stance and Burke's willingness to back his principle at future events.
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Tom Burke
Tom
Newton
Burke
Essex County Club Triumph Over Newport Golf Club
Essex County Club defeated Newport Golf Club in Manchester on September 28 by 12 up. Six players from each club competed in the match, drawing great interest as the County Club added another big victory to its enviable season record.
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Manchester
Essex County Club
Newport Golf Club
Essex County Clu
Phaawodt
Seusseees Jaccassaurs
Nicholas Longworth
Eeveso
McSargent
James Stillman
Victor Sorchan
Richard Peters
William
Australians win again in Philadelphia cricket series
The Australians completed the series by defeating All-Philadelphia in two innings. Australia scored 422 in one inning, Philadelphia 144, followed on to 8 in the second inning. Philadelphia total two innings 351, Australia won by an inning and 71 runs. The final match starts next Friday at Merion Cricket Club.
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Philadelphia
All-Philadelphia
Philadelphians
Merion Cricket Club
Myopia Polo Practice Ends in Whites Victory
In Hamilton on September 28 the Myopia Club polo practice featured sharp play as Whites C. C. Rice H. H. Holmes and R. L. Agassiz defeated Yellows F. H. Prince F. B. Fay and G. H. Norman Jr. 5 to 2. Holmes scored on a field-length run. Fay and Norman Jr. starred. Dedham’s second team to visit Friday for a match with Myopia second.
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Hamilton
Messrs. C. C. Rice
H. H. Holmes
R. L. Agassiz
F. H. Prince
F. B. Fay
G. H. Norman, Jr
Dedham
Myopia
Frank Hoppe Defeats Willie Hoppe In Billiards Match
At Kelley’s billiard rooms in South Boston Frank Hoppe defeated Willie Hoppe by a score of 100 to 79 last night.
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Kelley’s Billiard Rooms
West Broadway
South Boston
Frank Hoppe
Willie Hoppe
Debaters Prepare in Boston on Free Silver Question
The Boston Post schedules a joint debate at Music Hall in early October on how free silver will affect the workingman. Five first class speakers on each side will present strictly limited twenty minute talks. The event aims to educate and present the strongest arguments from both sides. Further details will follow in the Post.
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The
Boston Post
Wanamaker Buys Hilton Hughes Firm In Broadway Deal
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia has purchased Hilton Hughes & Co. lease on Tenth Street and Broadway and all stock in the firm. Horace Russell confirms the sale and says Wanamaker will open under his own sign within days. Reported price approaches two million dollars.
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New York
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Hilton, Hughes & Co
Tenth Street
Broadway
Wanamaker
Horace Russell
Henry Hilton
Tokens of Ancient Athens Presented to Mayor Quincy
Athens sends greetings to Boston in a ceremony in Mayor Quincys office. Delegates including Rev Peter MacQueen and David C Seager received gold and bronze Olympian medals with Greek inscriptions. Mayor Philemon of Athens also sent a photograph and a Greek letter praising Boston’s athletes and inviting future participation.
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Quincy
Athens
Boston
Peter MacQueen
Somerville
Professor Harris
Lowell
David C. Seager
Mr. MacQueen
D. T. Timagenis
Michael Anagnos
The
Perkins Institute
David F. Barry
Thomas A. Mullen
Leary
Henry O’meara
Philemon
Olympia
Acropolis
Athenia
B.C
Henry Harris
Bac
Pster MacQueen
Bicycle notes point to races and theft cases across cities
Cycling news covers joining the League of American Wheelmen, a extortion report, a wheel thief return from Boston, and race plans at Brockton Hingham and Dorchester. It lists prizes for Berkeley Cycle Club events and outlines officials for the Viking road race in Dorchester.
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League of American Wheelmen
Cycling Department of the Post
Sterling Elliott
Tom Butler
Brockton
Hingham Fair
E. Bullard
Malden
Express
Boston
Pawtucket
Berkeley Cycle Club
Chase Tough
New York
Morgan & Wright
Straus
J. A
Kodak
Hunt
Emerson
Trump
First East
Chelsea
Inter State Fair One Mile Scratch Race Opens
In Trenton New Jersey on September 28 the seventh annual inter state fair opened. The one mile scratch featured Tom Butler Jack Carroll Tom Cooper Otto Zeigler Kiser Eddie Baid Harry Maddox Owen Kimble Arthur Gardiner and Johnnie Johnson among others in four heats. Times ranged 2 15 2 5 to 2 16 3 5 with heat wins for Butler Carroll Cooper and Gardiner.
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Trenton
N. J
Tom Cooper
Eddie Baid
Harry Maddox
Owen Kimble
Tom Butler
Jack Carroll
Otto Zeigler
Kiser
Baid
Arthur Gardiner
Johnnie Johnson
American Electro Therapeu tic Association Meet Opens In Allston Hall
The sixth annual meeting of the American Electro-Therapeutic Association opens at Allston Hall Clarendon street at 10 this morning and runs three days. A Wooston medical reception follows Wednesday at 9. Thursday visits to the Thomson-Houston plant in Lynn. The Boston district Sunday School Association holds its final rally before the Northampton convention at Berkeley Temple with 3 and 7 15 sessions. Massachusetts Christian Endeavorers plan their state convention in Worcester October 15 16. Evangelistic Association of New England resumes noon meetings today at Bromfield Street Church with talks and singing.
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American H Electro-Therapeutic Association
Allston Hall
Clarendon Street
Medical Profession
Wooston
Thomson-Houston
Lynn
Boston
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Northampton
Berkeley Temple
Massachusetts Christian Endeavorers
Worcester
Evangelistic Association of New England
Bromfield Street
City Briefs Highlight Pocket Picking and Ship Arrival
John H Griffin was caught picking pockets and in hoc. The victim Mrs Julia E Crowell of 104 Washington Street recovered her pocketbook and $19.02. The Enterprise training ship is due soon from the Mediterranean cruise. Etta Snow and Mary Irwin, both 21 or 22, arrested for store theft. Judge Allen sustained the demurrer by Guarantors Liability Indemnity Company of Philadelphia in Supreme Court.
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John H. Griffin
Julia E. Crowell
Washington Street
Enterprise
Etta Snow
Mary Irwin
Supreme Court
Allen
Guarantors’ Liability Indemnity Company
Philadelphia
Water main excavation cave ends in laborer’s death
In New York on September 28 a wall collapse during water main work on Fifth Avenue near 45th Street killed Patrick Quinn and seriously injured John Noonan and Andrew Reilly. Foreman Lewis Simon of Brooklyn was arrested on a homicide charge.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Patrick Quinn
John Noonan
Andrew Reilly
Lewis Simon
Brooklyn
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